“All the dignity of man consists in thought. Thought is therefore by its nature a wonderful and incomparable thing. It must have strange defects to be contemptible. But it has such, so that nothing is more ridiculous. How great it is in its nature! How vile it is in its defects! But what is this thought? How foolish it is!” MenWonderfulStrangeDignityFoolishRidiculousDefectsIncomparable Book:Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works Source: Thoughts, Letters and Minor Works
“Young love is so ridiculous, as is middle-aged and old love. And it's also hilarious. When have you ever felt so vulnerable and wonderful and terrible at the same time?” YoungFeltLove IsWonderfulMiddleTerribleRidiculousVulnerableYoung LoveMiddle AgedOld Love Book:Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up Source: Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up
“Whenever I record something, I always believe that it's worthy of inclusion in the pantheon, and I would certainly like pianists to pay more attention to it. I think it's ridiculous now, because the range of repertoire - or what's considered 'safe' - is so narrow, even though there are pianists who are really trying to push the envelope. There is still a lack of attention, and there's no reason for it. The piano repertoire is so rich, with so many wonderful things that still are not given their due.” ThinkingTryingBelieveStillsReasonGivenPayAttentionRichRecordsWonderfulSafeWorthyDuesRidiculousRangePianoNo ReasonInclusionWonderful ThingsAlways BelievePianistEnvelopesPantheon Author:Marc-Andre Hamelin
“I was not especially enthusiastic about opera when I was young, and I thought I would never write one. I felt it was an art form of the past, with expensive singers exposing their high notes, and bad theater, and ridiculous stories which don't concern us. But then little by little I realized that it can be defined very differently, that on the contrary opera can be something profound and not superficial - a wonderful meeting point for all the other arts.” WritingLittlesArtStoriesPastFormYoungFeltWonderfulConcernTheaterMeetingsNotesProfoundContrarySingersI RealizedRidiculousDefinedExpensiveOperaSuperficialEnthusiasticExposingHigh Notes Author:Kaija Saariaho
“I've gotten to the point where the label of "best friend" is so ridiculous. If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world. I have a lot of wonderful people in my life - probably five, collectively - who I can tell everything to. There's Jennifer [Stone], my friend Ashley, and Taylor, and my two cousins.” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsI CanTwoWholeThreeFiveWonderfulMy FriendsStonesRidiculousWhole WorldLabelsCousinPeople In Your LifeJenniferAshley Author:Selena Gomez